User blog comment:Gyradoes/The real story of ash/@comment-32358261-20170805221535

I've this this theory so many times before. Honestly I'm not too sure on it. There are so many theories regarding to ash being so bad but this is the one I believe is Pretty accurate

When ash saw ho oh in the first episode, it granted him eternal happiness. This is because despite his flaws ash was a good person. Ash is most happy when he travels around and exploring to become a Pokemon master. The reason why he never ages is because he always wants to keep traveling. This would explain why he never wins a league. If he wins, he will stop traveling. It's that traveling to learn to be the very best like no one ever was. It's the journey, not the destination.

But hey, That's just a theory a POKEMON theory! Thanks for reading!